Improvement in bases for stove-legs



J. HARPER. Base for Stove-Legs.

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' mla flazm By ATTORNEYS N PEIEHS. FHOTWUTNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. HARPER, OF EL PASO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BASES FOR STOVE-LEGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,401, dated January14, 1879; application filed November 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. HARPER, of

A El Paso, in the county of Woodford and State of a stove-leg, showingmy device applied;

and Fig. 2 is a top-plan View of my base for stoves.

My invention relates to a portable device having journaled rollers,adapted to serve, one under each leg of a stove, allowing it to beeasily and readily transported from one place to another; and thenovelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as willbe more fully hereinafter set forth.

In carrying out my invention I employ a cup adapted to receive the footof a stove-leg, and this cup is provided with three or more radial arms,into which are journaled any proper casters or rollers, which revolvefreely. The arms are thus extended radially to afford more extendedhearings, to avoid tipping of the. device when forced in any givendirection.

The cup and other parts may be cast, wrought, or otherwise formed, andany form of roller may be employed.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the cup, having radial arms A,into which are journaled revolving rollers 13, as shown.

The form of these parts may be variously changed without departing fromthe principle of my invention, which is to furnish a portable cup-casterto serve, relatively to a stoveleg, as shown and set forth.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, the portable stove-caster described,consisting of the cup A, adapted to receive the foot of a stoveleg, theradial arms A, and rollers B, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. HARPER. Witnesses:

WM. HARPER, WILLIAM R. WILLIS.

